Country Girl at Heart by Lorna Sixsmith is a joyous and wholesome romantic comedy set un rural Ireland.  Protagonist Kelly (although some would say Becky the goat is a contender), leaves London broken hearted to help out on her aunt and uncle’s family farm where she is thrown in at the deep end with animals,…

As a keen cook, I often like to get the children invoked in either baking or cooking. Many parents (me included) seem to stick to cake making and sweet treats but in a bid to lower our sugar intake, I have decided to try and cook more savoury dishes with them. I decided to come…

I’ve just been rounding up sheep with the farmer. We are bringing them into the barn for lambing. There is a public footpath adjacent to where one our fields is and there was a couple walking a dog which wasn’t on the lead. I told the farmer to wind his window down and tell them….

I got my first two hens, Daphne and Pearl, for Christmas 2012. From those two feathered ladies, I have had hundreds of birds since. Having learnt my lesson after fox attacks and other foolish newly errors, I think it is safe to say that I am thoroughly addicted to hens. I even get targeted on…

Male farmers are notoriously hard to buy for. Regular birthdays and Christmases are hard enough but the extra pressure of there being a zero on the end makes it even worse. For my husband’s 40th, I got him a nice watch. Nothing too expensive but nice. You know what I mean. I think he wore…

If you have kids, then you are obviously always going to be concerned about their safety, and keen to do whatever you can to keep them safe. One of the main areas that you need to focus on here is the online world, which can unfortunately be incredibly dangerous at times, and is therefore something…

As a sheep farming family, there is one thing to surely get us all interested-you’ve guessed it: sheep. When I first heard about the Sheep Dip game, I couldn’t wait to get it out and what with a very rainy half term, it has actually been a godsend. The game itself comes with a board,…

Pexels Being a working mom is no easy task. There are a lot of to-dos and responsibilities that you have to attend to and take care of on any given day. The good news is that it doesn’t have to be as hard as you’re making it on yourself currently. Instead, you can implement some…

With over 604,000 TikTok views on the hashtag #HalloweenRecipe in the last 30 days alone, Ocado has revealed five unique ideas to bring to the table for the ultimate spooky feast! As we head towards spooky season, many will be starting to plan their celebrations for the ultimate Halloween party – in fact, search interest for ‘halloween…

As the global population grows and environmental challenges mount, there is an increasing urgency to rethink traditional farming techniques. Among the sustainable methods that resurface is intercropping — an ancient agricultural practice often overshadowed by modern monoculture methods. By providing an avenue to increase yield, maximize land use, and promote biodiversity, intercropping offers more than…